Observer States

Peter Schieder calls on Albania not to compromise the integrity of the ICC treaty[05/05/2003]

Following the signature on 2 May of the bilateral agreement between Albania and the United States, aimed at exempting the citizens of the two countries from the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Parliamentary Assembly President Peter Schieder, in a letter sent to Albanian Parliament Speaker Servet Pellumbi, called on the Albanian authorities to refrain from any action which might compromise the integrity of the ICC treaty. He recalled that, in September 2002, the Assembly adopted Resolution 1300, in which it considered that ''exemption agreements are not admissible under the international law governing treaties''
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